At-Large Director, Position 7· 2023-01-01 - 2026-12-31
Neal Martin
Fort Smith
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 10
- Total speaking time
- 1:00:31
- Avg per meeting
- 6:03
- Segments
- 1212
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Top issues during term (20)(Development)
Data center zoning regulations
State law already exempts data center equipment and electricity from sales tax, limiting local revenue gains.
Small business incubator at 409 Garrison
Rent-free six-month tenancy for one winner; Main Street holds a six-month lease on the space.
Demolition of chronic blighted properties
Modest demolition costs recovered through liens totaling about $8,500 in existing liens against the three properties.
Convenience store with gas sales at Jenny Lind and Jackson
The design and land acquisition phase alone is estimated at $2.3 million.
FCRA land use authority dispute
Bailey Hill Redevelopment Project assistance
Would commit $1 million in budgeted sales tax program funds.
Mercy Health bond financing for Fort Smith hospital expansion
None to the city — the approval is purely a federal tax-law accommodation.
Proposed reconstruction of the original Fort Smith
No public money is being requested; the estimated $3–3.5 million is reportedly privately funded.
Harbor House campus expansion and neighborhood parking
City-owned former Crain Kia property at 8200 Highway 71 South
Sales could bring proceeds to the city after it paid for the Highway 71 site in 2024, but renovation savings are the real payoff.
Housing density changes on Xavier Street and Jacobs Avenue
St. Francis Crest residence setbacks and drainage
Military security buffer encroachment near Ebbing
Grand Slam Business Park replan
Fianna Hills and Annalyn subdivision plats
The detention pond tract will eventually become city-owned open space the city must maintain.
CDBG/HOME 5-Year Consolidated Plan 2026-2030
Directs federal CDBG and HOME grant funding for housing and community development over five years.
Duplexes on reduced-size lots near Willow and North 32nd
Armour Street duplex setback error
Treetops mixed-use development and 58th Street traffic
Harvest Moon Bakery redevelopment of 505 Rogers Avenue
Private investment in a long-vacant downtown building; no CBID funds committed.
Decisions during term (13)
Recorded while Martin was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to submit an application to the Community Assistance Grant Program administered by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission - Fort Smith Regional Airport (City Administrator)
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to submit an application to the Community Assistance Grant Program administered by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission - Miss Laura's Brothel Museum (City Administrator)
Development Plan 12-726 — contractor's office and storage yard at 7909 and 8001 Veterans Avenue
Development Plan 11-726 — building addition at 7101-7107 South Zero Street
Bailey Hill Redevelopment financial assistance agreement
Consent agenda (4 items: final plat, home occupation, conditional use, development plan)
Development Plan #5-6-26 – 606 South 22nd Street office
Development Plan #6-6-26 – 5400 South 66th Street office and warehouse
Development Plan #5-6-26 – restaurant addition and off-site parking lot
Development Plan #4-4-26 – Two Duplexes, 4720 North 32nd Street / 3210 Willow Street
Development Plan #2-2-26 (Cox duplexes, 9200 Houston Street)
Development Plan #3-2-26 (Brushy Mountain Properties, 7208 Mahogany Avenue)
Development plan 126 — South X Street townhouses
Voting record (0)(Development)
No votes found matching Development.